"We need to continue providing humanitarian support and pressuring the government in South Sudan and the armed opposition to put the needs of their people first."
"What we need, I think, is, then, something to make the buildout more economically attractive to areas that aren't as dense as my district."
"I encourage this Committee to support a strong international affairs budget."
"I fear that this budget request is sending a chilling shockwave across the globe, and that shockwave will come back on us."
"That obviously would be a disaster. In fact, slashing our international engagement by even a fraction of that at a time when we are facing serious challenges around the world would be an absolute disa..."
"Congress, as we all say many times, is a co-equal branch of government and, according to the Constitution, we appropriate funds or you appropriate funds--we just don't have to roll over because any Wh..."
"This year we are going to have to put that idea to the test."
"When we look at Putin's goals we see a clear aim of tearing down the United States and Western democracy and institutions, to cast aspersions on our values."
"But President Trump, when asked about Putin in a recent interview, seemed actually to draw an equivalency between American policies and Putin's tactics."
"Now, I have been around long enough to remember when a Republican President likened America to a shining city on a hill."
"I think it is very obvious that Putin does not want to make America great again."